Cephalochordata
Translingual
![](Images/wiktionary/Branchiostoma_lanceolatum.jpg.webp)
Etymology
New Latin, from Ancient Greek κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”) + Chordata
Proper noun
Cephalochordata
- A taxonomic subphylum within the phylum Chordata – the lancelets.
Hypernyms
- (subphylum): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum
Hyponyms
- (subphylum): Amphioxiformes - order
- Asymmetronidae, Branchiostomidae - families
References
Cephalochordata on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Cephalochordata on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Cephalochordata on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Cephalochordata at the Tree of Life Web Project
- Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521